Vaginal Birth After Cesarean Online Course(s) & Continuing Education
Access the latest clinical skills and research for Vaginal Birth After Cesarean for PREGNANCY, LABOUR & CHILDBIRTH professional training. These Vaginal Birth After Cesarean online courses provide practice-changing skills and valuable perspectives from leading global experts. This Vaginal Birth After Cesarean education has been accredited for a variety of CEUs / CERPs and can be accessed on-demand, at your own pace.
Dr. Hazel Keedle is a Senior Lecturer of Midwifery and Director of Academic Midwifery Programs at the School of Nursing and Midwifery, Western Sydney University. She has over two decades of experience as a clinician in nursing and midwifery, educator, and researcher. Her research interests are vaginal birth after cesarean, birth trauma, and maternity experiences, which she explores primarily using feminist mixed methodologies. Dr. Keedle's work is recognized nationally and internationally.
She has made many invited conference and seminar presentations, and her research has been widely published in academic journals and books. She is the author of the book "Birth after Caesarean: Your Journey to a Better Birth," which is based on her PhD findings. Dr. Keedle is also the lead researcher on the largest maternity experiences survey, The Birth Experience Study. In September 2022, she became the Editor in Chief of The Practicing Midwife Australia from All4Maternity. Dr Keedle is passionate about improving the experiences of women during childbirth. She is committed to using her research to advocate for women's rights and to ensure that all women have access to respectful, supportive maternity care.
Topic: New Insights into Birth Plans: Research on Women's Experiences and Provider Engagement - [View Abstract]
In this presentation, Dr. Meek will explore the latest evidence and issues around Vaginal Birth After Caesarean (VBAC) internationally and then focus on new research about supporting women planning a VBAC.
The four factors that impact how women feel about their birthing experience will be explored with a focus on how health care providers can use these factors to provide the best support for women and birthing people planning a birth after caesarean.
